The capacity growth in the Pure Car Carrier (PCC) sector for the next few years looks fairly moderate with the orderbook standing at 11% of the fleet, judging by Clarksons’ recent market review.
Namely, trade is provisionally projected to grow by 5% in 2015, making up for some of the shortfall this year.
However, according to Clarksons, the bigger question is “whether we can expect trade growth to maintain the robust levels seen historically in the longer term.”
The PCC fleet has responded eagerly to the challenge of growing seaborne volumes of cars. The fleet has grown from an overall capacity of 1.35m vehicles at end 1996 to 3.76m vehicles today, total expansion of 175%.
Motril seguirá peleando por mantener la línea marítima con Melilla. / JAVIER MARTÍN
SAL Heavy Lift completes work for Ichthys LNG Project
SeaTrade Global- 5.12.2014
Hamburg-based SAL Heavy Lift has completed a heavy lift contract with freight forwarder SDV involving more than 100,000 frtts for the Ichthys LNG Project near Darwin, Australia.
SAL was contracted by SDV for five shipments performed on a consecutive basis from load-ports Sattahip, Masan, Busan and Shanghai. All shipments were discharged at the LNG Project’s module offloading facility.
SAL’s MV Regine with two 700 tonnes cranes and open hatch capability together with a third aft mount crane of 350 tonnes lift cap was selected to work for the project.
Greek stability amidst shifting energy trades
From being a country in crisis Greece is bouncing back with its strong shipping sector and an increasingly important position in the energy trades.
Capital Link’s well-attended “Invest
in Greece” forum, held at New York’s Metropolitan Club, explored the shipping business from fresh angles not always apparent at maritime gatherings.
Much of the conference was devoted to capital markets and banking- where Greece’s situation has improved drastically over the past three years. Asimakis Papageorgiou, the Deputy Minister for Environment, Energy & Climate Change, talked big picture but alluded to Greece’s strategy of becoming a hub for LNG cargoes moving into southern Europe. An LNG import terminal
Grecia vivió este jueves la segunda huelga general del año contra las políticas de austeridad, mientras el Gobierno negocia con la troika un cierre del programa de ayuda que no implique un tercer rescate y más recortes.
El paro fue secundado de manera muy amplia, según la confederación de sindicatos del sector público (ADEDY), cuyos trabajadores fueron los más activos en la protesta. Los ferrocarriles no circularon y el metro, el tranvía y los autobuses lo hicieron solo en ciertas franjas horarias.
